Heads Up Seven UpThere are certain things from our childhood which have a way of "tickling" us. Old cartoons, fads (remember Nike pumps?), and childhood songs are just a few examples. They elicit an immediate gush of positive memories. Of course few of these tickling childhood activities are better than something that relieved you of classroom responsiblities. One such thing was "Heads Up Seven Up." Anytime a teacher agreed to this, it meant no classroom work. That's why it was great that there was a motion to play the game in civil procedure today.

Here's how it works. Seven students go to the front of the class. The class lays their heads on their desk. The seven go out and each touch one person on the head (or, if you're immature as I once was, you slap their head). That person would then stick his or her thumb up. Then the seven return to the front of the room and yell "heads up seven up!" Each student who was tapped gets one chance to guess which of the seven touched him/her. If they guess right then they changed places. If they did not the same person got to stay up.

And that, my friends, is the greatest childhood classroom game. Well, besides "hide and go seek" before the teacher arrives.